Chandler sets for last shot

Annie Chandler will be in Lane 2 tonight for the 100-meter breaststroke final, and she said she needs “The perfect swim.”
The race is scheduled for 7:35 p.m. tonight on NBC.
Chandler’s chances are slim against two of her event’s best, Rebecca Soni and Jessica Hardy. There’s also a rising star in Texas A&M’s Breeja Larson, who broke Chandler’s NCAA record in the breaststroke in February.
Soni has four of the world’s six fastest times this year. Hardy has the world record.
But there are some encouraging signs, too. Chandler dropped almost a second from her prelims time of 1:08.23 to her semis time of 1:07.34.
Chandler might also take a little inspiration from Tuesday’s finals, when Claire Donahue qualified for the Olympics from Lane 1 in the 100 Butterfly. She might get a boost from the race before the breaststroke, when her fiance Matt Grevers swims in the 100 backstroke at 7:25 p.m. Grevers is the top qualifier in the event.